Tolo News: People in Dur Baba district in the eastern province of Nangarhar have taken up arms against the Taliban after the group warned the residents to not let its young men join the Afghan national security forces. The Taliban also reportedly forbade anyone from holding prayer ceremonies for the fallen members of the Afghan
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 2, 2020 KABUL — Afghan officials say the government is dispatching a delegation to Qatar ahead of long-delayed peace talks after authorities pressed ahead with the release of Taliban prisoners. Kabul broke an impasse with the Taliban this week by resuming a prisoner exchange, a key hurdle in the launch of negotiations
Xinhua: Afghanistan’s Ministry for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation is predicting that the country could harvest 24 tons saffron in current year as more lands have been cultivated with the valuable plant, a local media outlet reported Wednesday. Click here to read more (external link).
VOA News: Afghan government said Saturday that it has taken necessary measures to curb the use of drugs in the police forces amid a newly published report by the U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction saying that half of the police forces in the southern provinces used drugs.
Ayaz Gul VOA News September 1, 2020 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – Taliban insurgents have staged a suicide car bombing and armed assault against a police base in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least three security officers and injuring several others. Tuesday’s attack in the border province of Paktia came hours after U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan September 1, 2020 Afghan officials say they have released about another 100 Taliban prisoners as part of a prisoner swap meant to clear the way for the start of peace talks between Kabul and the Taliban. Afghan officials have described the remaining prisoners as the most dangerous, accusing them of masterminding
Xinhua: The Afghan Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday reported 31 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infected people to 38,200. Four patients died within the period, taking the death toll to 1,406, the statement added. The total number of people having recovered from the virus reached 29,254 after 142 new recoveries were
Tolo News: All sports activities have resumed after a six-month break due to the coronavirus outbreak, according to sports officials, who said the activities will follow certain health safety guidelines. The coronavirus outbreak infected over 38,000 people in Afghanistan, according to the Ministry of Public Health. Click here to read more (external link).
Tolo News: Controversial police commander Nizamuddin Qaisari, who escaped a government operation attempting to arrest him last December, is now in Kabul to meet with government officials. Qaisari, who served as Qaisar’s local police commander in the northern province of Faryab, was once arrested along with 20 of his men by the Afghan Army’s 209